the big headline was how the republican party's numbers started to tank. we see with this poll two weeks later, this shock wave hits president obama and everyone else and all of washington is indicted. >> you point out the president's numbers. his approval rating hitting a new low of 42%. david axelrod was asked about this. this is his assessment. >> i think he needs to step up his visibility on these questions. i have no doubt he's doing it internally because i know how he operates. but the public needs to see that. i think that's what's driving some of those personal ratings down. >> your assessment, mark, on that. >> i think he's right. you saw the president out in boston championing his health care law, trying to rebut a lot of the critics regarding the law and the implementation of that. that's really the first time we've seen the president in such a public way defending his health care law recently. it was just two weeks ago where the government shutdown ended and president obama was doing a lot of media appearances, a lot of campaigning regarding th